Episodes
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Episode 006 - Rita Levi-Montalcini | Neurobiologist
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Monday Jun 04, 2018
Alternate Title: NERVE-ana: In Utero
Emma tells Emlyn about the Italian neurobiologist and nobel laureate, Rita Levi-Montalcini, and Emlyn tells Emma about the mathematical rules of living cells and about males that choose very, very bad mates.
Sources
Main Story - Rita Levi Montalcini
- Biography in Treccani http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rita-levi-montalcini_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
- Biography in Neurological Sciences https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-013-1303-2
- Obituary: https://source.wustl.edu/2013/01/obituary-nobel-laureate-rita-levimontalcini/
- Biography in Trends in Cell Biology https://www.cell.com/trends/cell-biology/fulltext/S0962-8924(04)00143-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0962892404001436%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
- Biography in Nature https://www.nature.com/news/2009/090401/full/458564a.html
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Shoutout #1
- Robyn P. Araujo, Lance A. Liotta. The topological requirements for robust perfect adaptation in networks of any size. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04151-6
- Queensland University of Technology. "Math sheds light on how living cells 'think'." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 May 2018. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180502094636.htm
Shoutout #2
- Shevy Waner, Uzi Motro, Yael Lubin, Ally R. Harari. Male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic widow spider. Animal Behaviour, 2018; 137: 189 DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.01.016
- American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. "Brown widow male spiders prefer sex with older females likely to eat them afterwards." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 30 April 2018.
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Monday May 28, 2018
Episode 005 - Chien-Shiung Wu | Physicist
Monday May 28, 2018
Monday May 28, 2018
Alternate Title: A Parody of Parity
Emlyn tells Emma about the "First Lady of Physics," Chien-Shiung Wu, and Emma tells Emlyn about horses remembering human emotions and about the winner of the AWIS Pinnacle Award!
Sources
Main Story - Chien-Shiung Wu
- Atomic Heritage Foundation: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/chien-shiung-wu
- National Women’s Hall of Fame: https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/chienshiung-wu/
- American National Biography: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302686
- Madame Wu and the Holiday Experiment That Changed Physics Forever: https://gizmodo.com/madame-wu-and-the-holiday-experiment-that-changed-physi-1749319896
- Inside Story: C S Wu – First Lady of physics research: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/51556
- Channeling Ada Lovelace: Chien-Shiung Wu, Courageous Hero of Physics:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/channeling-ada-lovelace-chien-shiung-wu-courageous-hero-of-physics/
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- Horses remember peoples’ facial expressions (Article): https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(18)30364-6?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982218303646%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
- Science Daily Article about paper: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180426130024.htm
- Sue Desmond-Hellmann wins 2018 AWIS Pinnacle Award. https://www.awis.org/awis-announces-top-awards-for-stem-and-gender-equity-champions/
Trivia
Article: “Almost a Fellow…” by the Royal Society
http://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/03/08/almost-a-fellow/
Monday May 21, 2018
Episode 004 - Barbara McClintock | Cytogeneticist
Monday May 21, 2018
Monday May 21, 2018
Alternate Title: The A-MAIZE-ing Race
Emma tells Emlyn about the "Mother of Chromosomes," Barbara McClintock, and Emlyn tells Emma about the Bajau people and why male fruit flies like to mate. This episode gets a bit raunchy when we talk about fruit flies. You have been warned.
Sources:
Main Story - Barbara McClintock
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A Feeling for the Organism by Evelyn Fox Keller
- The Tangled Field: Barbara McClintock's Search for the Patterns of Genetic Control by Nathaniel C. Comfort
- The Barbara McClintock Papers - NIH https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/ps/retrieve/Narrative/LL/p-nid/45
- Biography by Cold Spring Harbor Labs http://library.cshl.edu/sp/scientists/barbara_mcclintock/mcclintock_biography.html
- Biography by American National Biography http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302550
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Shoutout #1
- Larger spleens may help ‘sea nomads’ stay underwater longer: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/larger-spleens-help-bajau-divers-stay-underwater-longer?tgt=nr
- M. Ilardo et al. Physiological and genetic adaptations to diving in sea nomads. Cell. Published online April 19, 2018. doi:10/1016/j.cell.2018.03.054
Shoutout #2
- Male Fruit Flies Love to Cum, and Turn to Alcohol If They Can't: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/43b87b/male-fruit-flies-love-to-cum-and-turn-to-alcohol-if-they-cant
- S. Zer-Krispil et al. Ejaculation induced by the activation of Crz neurons is rewarding to Drosophila males. Current Biology. Vol. 28, May 7, 2018. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.039.
Trivia
Article: “Almost a Fellow…” by the Royal Society
http://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/03/08/almost-a-fellow/
Monday May 14, 2018
Episode 003 - Lillian Moller Gilbreth | Engineer
Monday May 14, 2018
Monday May 14, 2018
Alternate Title: She Dozen Have it All
Emlyn tells Emma about the engineer who inspired "Cheaper by the Dozen," Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Emma tells Emlyn about self-medicating orangutans and the winner of the NSF Waterman Award!
Sources
Main Story - Lillian Moller Gilbreth
- The Economist; Gurus; Frank and Lillian Gilbreth https://www.economist.com/node/12060343
- The management theory of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth. https://www.business.com/articles/management-theory-of-frank-and-lillian-gilbreth/
- Remembering the Contributions of Engineer Lillian Gilbreth. http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/08/remembering-contributions-engineer-lillian-gilbreth/
- Feminist Voices, Profile: Lillian Gilbreth. https://www.feministvoices.com/lillian-gilbreth/
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth Pressed for Inclusion. https://womensenews.org/2009/09/lillian-moller-gilbreth-pressed-inclusion/
- Episode 59: Lillian Gilbreth. http://thehistorychicks.com/episode-59-lillian-gilbreth/
- Pictures from Frank and Lillian Gilbreth papers, MSP 7, Box 114, Folder 6, Courtesy Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries
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- Orangutans use plant extracts to treat pain: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/orangutans-use-plant-extracts-to-treat-pain1/
- Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award: https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/04/12/uws-kristina-olson-wins-nsf-waterman-award-for-studies-of-how-children-see-themselves-and-the-world/
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Sunday May 13, 2018
Episode 002 - Mamie Phipps Clark | Psychologist
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
Alternate Title: Doleful Dolls
Emma tells Emlyn about the psychologist Mamie Phipps Clark who conducted the doll test for racial self-hate and Emlyn tells Emma about sea ice algae and how to keep your junk safe!
Sources:
Main Story - Mamie Phipps Clark
- An interview of Mamie Clark by Ed Edwin from 1976
- Encyclopedia.com; Clark, Mamie Phipps https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/clark-mamie-phipps
- Psychology’s Feminist Voices; Profile: Mamie Phipps Clark. https://www.feministvoices.com/mamie-phipps-clark/
- “The Doll Test for Racial Self-Hate; Did it Ever Make Sense.” https://www.theroot.com/the-doll-test-for-racial-self-hate-did-it-ever-make-se-1790875716
- “How a Psychologist’s Work on Race Identity Helped Overturn School Segregation in 1950s America” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/psychologist-work-racial-identity-helped-overturn-school-segregation-180966934/#KxyS5GZY76Y6U6We.99
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- Polar sea ice leads to more productive ocean
http://www.sciencemag.org.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/news/2018/04/polar-sea-ice-leads-more-productive-oceans - This material uses energy from ambient light to kill hospital superbugs. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/material-uses-energy-ambient-light-kill-hospital-superbugs
Trivia
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Sunday May 13, 2018
Episode 001 - Mary Anning | Paleontologist
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
Alternate Title: Pleasing Plesiosaurs
Emlyn tells Emma about "the greatest fossilist the world ever knew," Mary Anning, and Emma tells Emlyn about the science of farting embarassment, the fate of frogs, and sea turtle kerplunking!
Sources:
Main Story - Mary Anning
- Emling, Shelley (2011) The Fossil Hunter : Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/anning.html
- Wikipedia
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- How to deal with embarrassing situations: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180327102814.htm
- Frogs rebounding from chytrid fungus: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/science/frog-species-panama-fungus-rebound.html
- Turtles use limbs in foraging: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180328083421.htm
Trivia
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